I'm in escrow to purchase a 6 unit apartment building in Ohio and I noticed the sewer and water costs were 73% of the total monthly expenses. Is there a way to lower those utility bills? Perhaps I could pay to have a ...

Does anyone have experience with a company called Common Energy, or a company offering a similar service? They market that if you sign up for their clean energy service your bills will come from them and not from the ...

Hi everyone,We are renovating a duplex, and so far we have gone with heat pumps and natural gas furnaces, so heating and cooling should be lower priced than usual.However, I have to decide on water heaters, and I can ...

I'm considering offering on a property that has a solar panel system.  What should I be considering?   Can I assume the lease and have a chance of folding the costs into the rent (due to lower utility costs)?  Should ...

Enough with the doom and gloom about homeownership. WSJ article below explains why owning a home is a good thing. I agree especially if you know you will live there at least 3+ years ....

1) You ...

Greetings BP Community,We are currently closing on our first 2-unit property in MA, with the intention of house hacking the one and renting out the other. After the home inspection, we found out that the current syste...

I'm listed as an authorized user on a few of my parents' credit cards. My plan is to buy my first investment property in about 18 months and i'm trying to get my credit score as high as possible during this time. Thei...

I am curious to get others take on buying solar powered homes as investment properties. On one hand I can see it going terribly wrong if the panels are leased, but on the other of you own them outright, you deal with ...

Hey BP community! Looking into deals and plugging them into the rental property calculator. Was wondering if you include utilities in your rents/have tenants pay them/something else?For the sake of this post, let's as...

I'm interested in having a polyurethane spray foam roof installed at one of my buildings.  I'm curious if anyone owns a building with a spray foam roof right now or has any experience with the product.  I'm really cur...